Ted Cruz Has a Nifty Award for a Known Child Abuser

The group's press release says Fite and Harris "demonstrated courage by standing strong in faith when situations were tough at the State Capitol and they did so with grace. They are consistently models of their Christian values in their homes, their communities, and their churches." It commends the two lawmakers for their work on legislation regarding abortion. The awards will be delivered this afternoon at a Republican Party dinner in Crawford County headlined by presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

Harris, of course, is now best known to the state for the "rehoming" of two young girls whom he and his wife adopted from Arkansas DHS in 2013 and subsequently gave to another family. At that household, one of the children was sexually abused. After the Arkansas Times made the Harris rehoming public, the state legislature promptly passed legislation that makes it a crime to transfer permanent physical custody of an adopted child without court involvement; the law was not retroactive, so the Harrises faced no sanction for their actions. Justin Harris remains in public office today, although he's said he doesn't plan to run again when his term ends in 2016.

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We dealt with this whole "re-homing" horror when it happened. Once again, we see that the value of family values can be measured precisely by whatever they're paying Tailgunner Ted Cruz to host this fiasco. As for Harris, well, giving him a plaque is a helluva lot safer than giving him another kid. Today is going to be one of those Impatient Days. I can just see it coming.